Heroes and Hero Cults in Latin America

Samuel Brunk, Ben Fallaw | ISBN: 0292714815 | PDF | 329 pages | 2006 | 3 MB

Latin American history traditionally has been defined by larger-than-life heroes such as Símon Bolívar, Emiliano Zapata, and Evita Perón. Recent scholarship, however, tends to emphasize social and cultural…

Cults By Daniel cohen

Publisher: Millbrook Press 1994-10-01 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 1562943243 | PDF (OCR from html) | 1.3 MB

Educating young readers about the dangers of cult activity, the author of Animal Rights recounts the David Koresh incident in Waco, Texas, describes specific cult behaviors, and provides an inside…

The Reforming Kings, Cults and Society in First Temple Judah

Publisher: Sheffield | ISBN: 1850753180 | edition 1991 | PDF | 272 pages | 10.1 mb

This book is a revision of my PhD dissertation. I deeply appreciate the encouragement and advice of faculty and student colleagues at Yale University, especially…

Gregory L. Reece - UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture

Publisher: I. B. Tauris | 2007-08-21 | ISBN: 1845114515 | PDF | 224 pages | 6.36 MB

What is it about UFOs that speaks to people with an apparently religious intensity? In this uncanny and frequently eerie assessment of the…

Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity

Publisher: NYU Press | ISBN: 0814731244 | edition 2001 | PDF | 371 pages | 1,63 mb

Anyone who remembers the devastation wrought by Nazi fanaticism can only be astonished and dismayed by this book. Who could have foreseen that…

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke , "The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology"

Tauris Parke Paperbacks | 2003 | ISBN: 1860649734 | 304 pages | PDF | 13,8 MB

Over half a century after the defeat of the Third Reich the complexities of Nazi ideology are still…

M. Cosmopoulos - Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults

Routledge | 2003 | ISBN: 0415248728, 0415248736 | Pages: 320 | PDF | 2.38 MB

Mystery cults represent the spiritual attempts of the ancient Greeks to deal with their mortality. The phenomenon is by no means restricted to Greece, but…

Philip Jenkins "Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History"

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2000 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 0195127447 | PDF | 14.6 MB

Are religious fringe movements a recent phenomeon in American history? Are widespread fears of mass suicides, sexual abuse, and brainwashing in cults justified?…

Dave Arnott “Corporate Cults: The Insidious Lure of the All-Consuming Organization"

AMACOM | 1999-11-05 | ISBN: 0814404936 | 256 pages | HTML | 1,13 MB

Sports facilities, laundry services, cappuccino bars. A ready-made set of companions. A purpose in life. Sometimes work is such a great place to be, you don't…

Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by J. Larson

Routledge; 1 edition (May 10, 2007) | ISBN:0415324483 | PDF | 272 pages | 2.56 Mb

Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a…